Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-22
Sales 33,1OG bales.
CEREBRAL HlARKETs,


ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. 2I.--Flour verv strong
and asking an advance, but still unchanged.
Wheat &c higher and opened st5ong and ad
varced by frac ions from the start on lively
market with heavy transactions. closing at the
highest; No. red cash 15G 75Lc; December
,AS &c. closing at 7624c; January 1901 &c
Corn firm ann &c higher; cash 426424c; No
vember 41H@42c, closing at 42c: December
411ac; January 41Ac; May 447s0453Ec, closing
at 453sc. Oats steady cash 271a92S;, May 30 &C.
Provisions strong. PORK $13 % Lard ST 90.
Dry salt meats-Boxed shoulders s. so; long
Gears s. 90; clear ribs ST l2h; short Gears
long clears 81 S77a; clear ribs 81 S71s; short
clears IS l2h. Hams steady at ST. U6l2 90.
Al the af ernoon board whest was lower; No.
'vember 75hc bid; December 16Sc: January
7l7ac bid; May S43sc. Corn easier; November
41hc bid December 41Sc bid; fJanuary 4l15c;
May 44zSc bid. Oats easy: May Soc bid.
CHICAGO, I'LL. Nov PA surprisingly
strong feeling was developed to day IN the
wheat market, and prices again touched higher
point highest yet by &c since the recent up
tn IN p ices set in. The visible supply showed
an incr> ase uf Isl, 900 bushels, which was about
what the ma ority of operators had expected.
The eceipts were liberal, aggregating 1264,t 90
bushels al twelve points. of which Minneapolis
and Duluth received 81 per cent, while the
shipments from The same points We're
1900 bushels, and clearance 5000 from
opepiDg, however, iG became apparent there
was go d demand, and this buying continued
throughout most Of the session. Dry weather
IN winter wheat list, lets was given as q reason
for the strength, but there must have been 9th
er reasons for buying, at any rate speculation
was In the marie b., and the priAcpsl buying
WAS credited to ST. Louis parties. At the open
ing 1t was 146%c lower than Saturdays close
and unGer go d prices advanced with only
small changes of 1a012Sc above 10 side prices,
eased on a little and closed about ~ higher
Than Sd, u day. Trading center I'd In May de
livery, which closed at 3s0S3Hc for May.
10 corn speculative trading wae fairly active,
and the market 1uctuated frequently with
moderate range. The feeling was firm for
ruled easter, cue mainly to increasing rec irte.
The market opened same to &c under satur
days closing prices. near futures being cay,
ruled frner and advanced Hv3c,
Influenced By strength IN wheat
and provisions changed some and
Closed shade ffmer for near futures and &c
higher for May than Saturday's prices. The
receipts we're larger than loos ed for, due to two
days inspection on some road, and the esti-
mates for to morrow rather liberal. The
visible supply decreased SO 000 bushels. The
SOCKS here decreased 1870 bushels anu the
latest fer May to-day was 4S2Ec. Provisions
were active, the pork market tairly running
away from local traders, who triec 10 controliE.
5@lOc loves. The arrivals for TO morrow are
large They had no effect on the course of
values IS buying orders came in freely, Pack-
era sold modeI ately at opening. Offerings of
al kinds were quickly absorbed and 5 rices
moved rapidly upward, pork advancing 45c;
lard. I5GI7H and short ribs 90 from lowest
point, and at l O'Clock was firm at slightly be-
low outside figures, pork being 325I; lard, l09
121x and short ribs l2X above saturday last